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What's a square edge?

Was reading a site that talked about distinguishing business from proof strikes and they used the term 'square edge' when describing the rim of a proof coin. Exactly what is a square edge?
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  • When you hold up a proof coin and look at the edge where it meets the rims it will look like ] while on a typical business strike will have the corners clipped off or in cases of bad strikes the edge will be closer to )
  • Thanks.
    It's the "hunt" that makes this such a great hobby...

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